Courtesy of Erik, a photo from the TV appearance we discussed, where he drew the host as a superhero, on an easel holding the pen in a “traditional” fashion:

An example of Erik-as-troublemaker: The letter Erik wrote to the Comics Buyer’s Guide under the moniker “Name Withheld”.

Rob Liefeld’s ad for The Executioners, the “first shot” in the formation of Image Comics:

Footage from a CNN piece on the formation of Image Comics (with a young Erik Larsen):

Graphic Fantasy, where Erik started his long career with The (Savage) Dragon:

An Erik Larsen SAVAGE DRAGON “experiment issue” Checklist:

#7 – all splash pages
#30-31 – final page of 30 connects to first page of 31 creating a double-page spread (#31 also features God vs. The Devil)
#87 – inked with a simple dead line weight
#104 – comic strip format
#113 – starts with 20 panels on page one with each new page having one less panel until the final splash page
#125 – contains “The Fly”, 23 pages of six panels each of the same image, a bandaged Dragon (also includes a Chris Giarrusso “Comic Bits” strip in the same format)
#144 – one panel = one day, 121 days in a row
#185 – 10 panels per page
#187 – six panel grid and flat coloring (no shading) throughout

The perspective-issue-laden cover to Action Comics #1 (of particular note, the car, coming slightly forward, is smashing into the rock which is set farther back (based on shadows, the fella on the ground, etc):

This is what Larsen drew when talking about Steve Ditko’s approach to Spider-Man’s costume webbing – the switches happen on the shoulder and at the elbow:

this was a really great episode.
erik is so open and honest about everything.
he was one of the artist i imitated back when he was at marvel, and was the reason i read spider-man.
later when i was doing submissions to image and he was editor he gave me a ton of really great advice that completely changed how i look at my work. one of the guys working that respect the most.
that’s a really hard working and dedicated creator.
hats off to him.